Darklord Dave
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I got the Utapau 212 Clone Trooper a little early. These are the troopers that had to Order 66 Obi-wan Kenobi and they didn't do a very good job. For this reason at least, they will always be one of the more significant clone battalion. One can argue about whether the multi-colored clones were designed that way to just sell more toys, but there's no denying that they're more visually interesting than a standard all white trooper.
Now Sideshow brings us their first Clone Trooper in 1/6 form, close on the heels of the OT Stormtrooper. He's on the armor body that we first saw with Clone Wars Obi-wan and has the vinyl like pinstripe suit under his armor. Where Obi-wan had a dark brown suit, the clone has the proper black suit.
There has been much debate about this figure, and there's room for a lot of controversy with a costume that was never actually made and only exists as a CG output. Even the official Lucasfilm image of this trooper doesn't really look exactly like the trooper as they appeared in the film. But looking at the screen caps of the short scenes with the 212 - I'd say that SSC did a bang up job in bringing this trooper to life.